Desk-tray



J. S. LUCKETTAND C. C. LIVESAY DESK TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.4, I920.

L fifi fiwo Patented Aug- 9, 1921.

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3 6 JAMES s LIJcKET 6. 7 5 a 5 bCLYDE c. LIVESAY' unites JAMES STEPHEN LUCKETT AND CLYDE CAMERON LIVES/FLY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DESK-TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. it, H321.

Application filed October 4, 1920. Serial No. 414,685.

To all w Ito m. it may concern Be it known tiat we, JAMns STEPHEN LUOKE-T'l, manufacturer, and CLYDE CAM- ERON LIVESAY, salesman, both citizens of the United States, residing at Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk-Trays, of which the following is the specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in desk trays and the object of the invention is to devise a tray for compactly holding various kinds of paper such as are used by stenographers so that they will be separately held, and in which the tray may be readily adjusted to separate the various kinds of paper apart and in such a way that a single sheet of any of the various kinds may be readily picked up by the operator and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our desk tray.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view showing the tray in the closed position, ready either for insertion in a drawer or so that a cover may he slipped thereover.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing the parts adjusted so as to separate the various kinds of paper.

Fig. 4c is a longitudinal sectional view through Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of one of the side walls of the main tray showing the curved grooves therein.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the slotted plate for adjustably holding the trays.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate the corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates the main or outer tray, the side walls 2 and 3 of which are provided with curved grooves l. 5 are plates provided with curved slots 6 corresponding in shape to the grooves 4i and coinciding therewith. The upper ends of the slot 6 are provided with depressions 7 the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. 8 and 9 are supplemental trays which are provided with inclined rear walls 10 forming a back tray portion which is in the form of an acute angle and into which piles of paper 11 and 12 fit.

By this means the front edges of the paper are inclined outwardly into a position so that the upper sheet of paper can always be readih separated from the pile by the fingers of the operator. 13 are plates which are rigidly secured to the lower supplemental tray 8 and extends upwardly therefrom at each side of the upper supplemental tray 9. The plates 13 are provided with orifices 14 which are located just above the upper angle between the top and inclined back wall of the lower supplemental tray 8. 15 are pins which extend outward from the upper supplemental tray between the orifices 14. By this means the upper and lower supplemental trays are hingedly connected to gether. 16 are pins .which extend out from each end of the supplemental tray 8 into the curved slots 6 and grooves l and normally rest on the bottom of such slots and grooves. When the lower supplemental tray is lifted so as to carry the pin 16 upward through the grooves and slots, the back ends of the supplemental trays engage with back of the main tray 1 and are held in the position shown in Fig. 3, the pins 16 dropping into the depressions 7 thereby holding the supplemental trays 8 and 9 in the position shown in Fig. 3.

In this position it will readily be seen that any sheet of paper required by the operator may be readily and quickly picked out without any fumbling or mixing of the paper as often takes place when the paper is loosely held in the drawer. If desired the lower portion oi the main tray may be suiiiciently deep and divided up so as to hold the various kinds of envelope required.

What we claim as our invention is.

1. In a desk tray, a main tray having a bottom and back wall extending at an angle to each other, a plurality of supplemental trays extending radially from' the apex of the angleformed by the bottom and back wall of the main tray, and means for supporting the supplemental trays within the main tray whereby the bottom of the lowermost tray extends at an angle to the bottom of the main tray and the back portions of the supplemental trays together fit the space in tervening between the bottom of the lowermost supplemental tray and the back wall of the main tray and arranged in sectoral form.

2. A desk tray comprising a main tray, a plurality of supplemental trays having their back walls inclined inwardly toward the top,

means for connecting the trays together whereby when the lowermost tray is raised to an inclined position the uppermost tray bears against the back of the main tray so as to support the bottom thereol on the inclined back Wall of the underlying tray and means for supporting the underlying; tray in an inclined position.

3. A desk tray, comprising a main tray having curved'slots in the side Walls thereof, a plurality of supplemental trays having inxvardly inclined baekwalls, "ahinged conned tion between the rear portions of the supplemental trays, and pins extending laterally from the lowermost supplemental tray into the curved slots of the main tray. 7 I

JAMES STEPHEN LUCKETT. CLYDE CAMERON LIVESAY. 

